First case reported in Africa (Ivory Coast) (Not confirmed as +)

Coronavirus latest updates: First case reported in Africa (Ivory Coast)

Note: "...to be tested."  "There are, at this stage, suspicions of a case of pneumonia tied to the coronavirus,”

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/what-is-coronavirus-latest-updates-first-case-reported-in-africa/

“As reported by CNN, a 34-year-old female student became the first person to be tested for the virus in Africa. The traveller, whose identity has been withheld for safety reasons, disembarked a flight from Beijing, at the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Saturday.”

Possible case in Kenya

“A Kenya Airways passenger who arrived in Nairobi on Tuesday (Jan.28) afternoon on a flight from Guangzhou displaying flu-like symptoms is the first suspected case of the Wuhan originating coronavirus in East Africa. The patient is currently being quarantined at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi.”

See

https://qz.com/africa/1792684/ethiopia-nigeria-kenya-s-africa-ready-for-chinas-coronavirus/

Edited February 1, 20206 yr by Stephen Flynn